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CityCaucus Redux: History of the Olympic Village project, part one

19 Feb 2011

Tumbleweeds, anyone? A tourist in the 'ghost town' known as Vancouver's Olympic VillageWe're re-posting our two-part history lesson on the sequence of events that led to Vancouver's Olympic Village disaster as a CityCaucus Redux this weekend. This post was...

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City of Vancouver puts Olympic Village into receivership

17 Nov 2010

The Olympic Village is now a public relations "boondoggle" for Mayor Gregor UPDATE: Be sure to follow our tweets as details on this story are happening fast: @CityCaucus. Also read the substantial number of comments on the post below from...

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Contradictions abound with Olympic Village spin out of control

1 Oct 2010

Sorry, Mr. Mayor, the public isn't buying what you're selling – click for larger It’s been another bizarre week at Vancouver Silly Hall. After days of denying leaked reports from a secret backroom meeting held to map out the...

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Olympic Village loan mess continues to confound

30 Sep 2010

Olympic Village social housing under construction (Oct 2009) GlobalTV News first broke the story of backroom in-camera secret negotiations happening in regards to the Olympic Village development. This was followed by vehement denials by Mayor Gregor Robertson and City...

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Summer from hell, fall from grace

30 Sep 2010

CTV's Shannon Paterson puts the Olympic Village problems into perspective After Globe and Mail reporter Frances Bula's bombshell news from Wednesday, Vancouver city council is in full damage control mode after learning their proposed plan of getting much needed...

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Council's Olympic Village discussion must come out of the shadows

25 Sep 2010

GlobalTV continues its excellent reports on the troubled Olympic Village The “summer from hell” for Gregor Robertson quickly appears to be turning into the fall from grace for his worship. The sun has barely made it passed the equator...

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Which way out of the Vancouver Olympic Village mess?

19 Sep 2010

Tumbleweeds, anyone? A tourist in the 'ghost town' known as Vancouver's Olympic Village Rumours are rampant about pending changes at the development at Southeast False Creek known as Vancouver's Olympic Village. Some say that the City of Vancouver and...

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Anton: Vancouverites should take pride in Olympic Village success story

5 Nov 2009

Now that Vision has stopped dumping all over the Olympic Village, does Mayor Gregor Robertson still consider the project a "train wreck"? The stunning new Olympic Village was formally handed over to VANOC yesterday. As we think about the...

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Vision's Mantra: When in doubt, blame the NPA

29 Jun 2009

Will the Olympic Village put gas in Vision's tank right through the 2011 election? BANG! The front page story on Sunday morning's Province newspaper about shoddy workmanship in the Olympic Village (aka Millennium Water) came out of the blue....

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